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Imagine if you Twitter ask you to pay per post or per view. Will you still use it ? Would that still be the Twitter we know of ? Many startups have for in their
by srameshc 11y ago
Imagine if you Twitter ask you to pay per post or per view. Will you still use it ? Would that still be the Twitter we know of ? Many startups have for in their early stage considered ad money as one of their essential revenue stream and have built on it. Imagine if you have to pay everytime a dollar if you want to do a search and a lot more.
- benologist 11y agoIf twitter and google stopped alternatives would emerge without ad-supported business models and life would go on, there's no divine mandate they or what they do be valued at billions or even necessary forever.
- coldpie 11y agoYou're setting up a false dichotomy. Like advertising, your suggestion is one potential business model, but there are others. Thinking up another business model is a difficult problem, yes. But you can't stop ad blocking. Just like structural engineers have to deal with the fact that metals rust, website maintainers will have to deal with the fact that ad blocking is on its way towards ubiquity.
- sp332 11y agoI would absolutely pay a monthly subscription for ad-free Twitter or Facebook and some basic analytics. Edit: well I didn't expect downvotes, it's just an opinion... What's wrong?
- HappyTypist 11y agoImagine if I pay $0.03 per search because that's more accurately how much advertising generates. I'd gladly pay that.